Kenneson v. City of Bridgeport

The plaintiff brought this action to recover for injuries caused by being thrown from the rear seat of an automobile in which she was riding when it struck a series of depressions in the roadway of Evitt’s Lane in the defendant city. The plaintiff claimed that Evitt’s Lane was a public highway by dedication and based her complaint upon the statute permitting recovery against a town or city for injuries due to a defective highway. General Statutes, § 1420. The case was tried to a jury, a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff and the defendant has appealed from the denial of its motion to set…